The NYPD Gives Away Guns to Melt Into an Angel Statue

Artist Lin Evola is symbolically shredding and melting 946 shotguns, handguns and assault riffles in a Jersey junkyard. The NYPD donated the weapons. No, not their weapons — these were confiscated from suspects and acquired at buyback programs. The resulting peace angel statue will be prominently displayed at the Police Headquarters, like some sort of ironic war trophy.